Improvement in velocipedes



J. LUND.

Velocipede. I

Patented June 221869.

mtgneae's Invenfor ntnd tatez Lettc's Patent No. 91,550, datcd June 22, 1869.

IMPRO'VEMBN'I' IN VELOCIPEDES.

The Schedule referred to in theme Lotteri Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom fit ma/y concem Be it known that I,-J0HN LUND, of the city and county of Milwaukee, and State of Wisconsin, have invented a new andluseful Improvement in One-Wheel Velocipedes; and I do hereby declare that the. following is. a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which wi-ll enable those skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the'accompanying drawing, forming part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of my invention.

Figure 2, a side view. p

Figure 3, a sectional view of the propelling-works.

Similafletters of reference, in each of the figures, ndioatecorresponding parts.

The nature bf my inveution consists in produoinga velocipede with one wheel, simple, tion, and easily propelled.

A is the rim of the wheel.

B, the spokes, bent out, so that the operating-works can pass between them.

0 O, hubs.

I) D, axles.

E E, cranks on the shafts.

F F, pulleys on themain Shaft.

G G, bands. Y

H H, pnlleys on the lower crank-shaft.

I, seat, its lower end made like a knife, restiug on the centre lo-wer crank. f

K K, foot-rests, their lower ends made like seat I, resting on the two outside lower cranks.

L, lower end of seat.

easy of construoi revolve wheel A. Seat I, with its lower M, platform.

N N N, lower'cranks.

O O, side hangers, supporting the lower crank-shaft, platform, &c.

Operation.

Step on to the platform M, sit down on seat I, and place your feet on foot-tests K K. Take Ihold of cranks E E, and turn on said cranks E E; this will end resting on the centre crank, with a long knife-like bottom, so as to rest on the crank its whole revolution, and the foot-rests resting on the outer cranks, with similar bottoms to thatof the seat I, a gentle motion of the body up and down, will revolve the eranks, and convey motion to the wheel A, by the bands G G, and wheel A will revolve with great velocity.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isi 1. Seat I, cranks N N N, foot-rests K K, bands G G, in combination with pulleys F and H, and shafts D D, and wheel A, substantially as described. 2. Wheel A, spokes B, hubs O, and shafts D, in combination with hanger O, and cranks E, constructed and arranged substantially as described.

3. Foot-rests K K and seat I, resting on oranks N, with long feet, substantially as described.

JOHN LUND. Witnesses:

J. B. Sm'rH, W. M. Howson. 

